Steering-axle for automobiles.



A. P. BRUSH.

STEERING AXLE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

. APPLICATION FILED APR-5,1915- 1 1 84,4; 1 6. Patented May 23, 1916.

' is rigidly fixed lower end of said sleeve and thereby ada )t ing it to retain oil, an axle, a spindle wlnch at its upper end to said axle and extends vertically downward therefrom into said sleeve and is rotatably mounted therein, a thrust bearing in said sleeve taking the down thrust of said spindle, and means preventing the upward movement of the spindle in said sleeve,

3. The combination of an axle having at each end a downwardly extended knuckle spindle, and, associated with each of the said spindles, a steering knuckle having a downwardly extended sleeve which is open at its upper end and closed at its lower end,said knuckle spindle being projected down into said sleeve and being rotatably fitted therein, and said spindle having adjacent to its lower end an annular groove, a thrust member E removably secured in said sleeve at the bottom thereof and having a multilated annular upstanding flange, and at the upper end of said flange an inwardly turned flange which projects into said annular groove in the spindle.

4. The combination of an axle having at each end a downwardly extended knuckle spindle, and, associated with each of the said spindles, a steering knuckle having a downwardly extended sleeve which is open at its upper end and closed at its lower end, -said knuckle spindle being projected down into said sleeve and being rotatably fitted therein,

and said spindle having adjacent to its lower end an annular groove, a thrust member E removably secured in said sleeve at the bottom thereof and having a mutilated annular upstanding flange, and, at the upper end of said flange, an inwardly turned flange which projects into said annular groove in the spindle, said thrust member having a downwardly projected threaded stud which passes through a hole in the bottom of the sleeve, and a nut holding said thrust member down against the bottom of said sleeve.

5. The combination of a steering knuckle formed with a vertical sleeve having an inturned flange at its lower end, an axle, a spindle which at its upper end is rigidly fixed to said axle and extends vertically downward therefrom into said sleeve and is rotatably mounted therein, the lower end of the said sleeve supported by said inturned flange against which the lower end of said spindle engages, which step bearing is provided with a stem which passes out of the lower end of the sleeve, and a nut which screws onto the projecting end of said stem.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALANSON P. BRUSH. Witnesses A. J. HUDSON, C. V. SGHURGER.

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